[38][39] Further women's Olympic records were set by Ethiopia's Tiki Gelana in the marathon and Sally Pearson in the 100 metres hurdles.

[40] Renaud Lavillenie was the only man to break a field event record, as he cleared an Olympic best of 5.97 m to win the pole vault competition.

[45] Ivan Tsikhan did not compete in the hammer throw as a re-test of his sample from the 2004 Athens Olympics, where he won silver, was positive.

[46] Hassan Hirt,[47] Amine Laâlou,[48] Marina Marghieva,[49] Diego Palomeque,[50] and defending 50 km walk champion Alex Schwazer were also suspended before taking part in their events.

[52] Nadzeya Astapchuk was stripped of the women's shot put title after her sample came back positive for the banned anabolic agent metenolone.

[53] Karin Melis Mey was withdrawn before the long jump final when an earlier failed doping test was confirmed.